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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.3372,Lat: 51.3672
Elevation	328 meter above sea level
Local time	19:11:54pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eichsfeld
Name	Leinefelde-Worbis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leinefelde-Worbis:Breitenholz	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Leinefelde-Worbis:Leinefelde	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Kallmerode	2.8 km	SouthWest
4 Hausen	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Kleinbartloff	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	247 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	321 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	357 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 267 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Birkungen (0.6 km² at a distance of 0.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 170.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 238 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 99%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Nordthüringer Buntsandsteinland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.1 km2

23%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

52.8 km2

67.2%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birkungen in country Germany

Birkungen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wartburg Castle	Germany	45 km	South
2 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	50 km	North
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	66 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mittlerer Dün	DE	1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Birkungen

Type of weather in Birkungen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam